We are Imazighen : the development of Algerian Berber identity in twentieth-century literature and culture / Fazia Aïtel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aïtel, Fazia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kabyles--Social life and customs--20th century.

Kabyles.

Kabyles--Ethnic identity.

Kabyle literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Kabyle literature.

Kabyles--Music.

Music.

Ethnicity.

Kabyles--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]

Summary:

To the World they are known as Berbers, but they prefer to call themselves Imazighen, or "free people." The claim to this unique cultural identity has been felt most acutely in Algeria in the Kabylia region, where an Amazigh consciousness gradually emerged after World War II. By tracing the cultural production of the Kabyle people-their songs, oral traditions, and literature-from the early 1930s through the end of the twentieth century, Fazia Artel shows how they have defined their own culture over time. Ultimately, she argues that the Amazigh literary tradition is founded on dual priorities: the desire to foster a genuine dialogue while retaining a unique culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Emergence of Berber Consciousness, 1930-1949 20

2 The First Berber Francophone Writers: The Dialectics of Identity 58

3 Of Berbers and Beurs, France and Algeria: The Struggle for Identity and Rights, 1970-1990 108

4 Rebels in Print and Song: Tahar Djaout, Matoub Lounes, and the Algerian Berber Movement at the End of the Twentieth Century 159

5 Assia Djebar and the Mountain Language: The Return of the Repressed 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index.

ISBN:

9780813049397

0813049393

OCLC:

894609696